Cummings v. Hodgdon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court allowing a petition filed by Dorcas H. Cummings to declare void a decree appointing the respondent, David M. Hodgdon, administrator of the estate of William C. Hodgdon, a minor, and to vacate all proceedings on the same. Hearing, on an agreed statement of facts, before W. Allen, J., who ordered the, decree of the Probate Court to be reversed; and the petitioner appealed to the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is a petition to declare void a decree of the Probate Court for Suffolk County appointing an administrator of the estate of William 0. Hodgdon, a minor, and to vacate all proceedings upon the same. The minor died on February 5, 1880. The administrator was appointed on March 8, 1880, and his final account was allowed on June 28, 1880. On September 10, 1885, a petition was filed by Dorcas H. Cummings, the sole heir at law of William C., to have the account reopened, on the ground of fraud. On December 11, 1885, this petition was'filed by her, on the ground that William C. Hodgdon was…
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